How to import video files from Nikon D7100 to iMovie

As the eagerly anticipated successor to the very popular two-and-a-half year old D7000, the enthusiast-targeted Nikon D7100 is the company's latest APS-C DSLR to feature a 24MP sensor, joining the D3200 and D5200 models that were announced in 2012. Though it has the same sensor resolution as the D5200, the D7100 uses a new and different sensor that does away with the optical low-pass filter (OLPF), aka antialiasing filter, much like the Pentax K-5 IIs. Overall, the Nikon D7100 is a fast-shooting, well-designed camera that's comfortable to use.

As you see, the Nikon D7100 is wonderful to be taken to take photos and record HD videos when you travel or commute. Before shring your recordings with others, many of you may want to import Nikon D7100 videos to iMovie on Mac for some editing. However, you may encounter some problems when you want to ingest D7100 footage to iMovie, like import it slowly, and couldn't edit videos smoothly.

How to import and load video clips from Nikon D7100 to iMovie for smoothly editing?


The reason that you can't edit Nikon D7100 footage with iMovie is simple: the lastest APS-C DSLR uses the sophisticated H.264 compression method for recording video files to the camera’s memory card. This is an ideal file type for video capture in an SLR camera, delivering relatively compact file sizes with image quality noticeably superior to alternate video compressions (such as Motion JPEG). However, the H.264 compression format requires that files be transcoded into a format better suited to editing, effects, and color grading; this would usually be Apple Intermediate Codec, which ensures maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with iMovie 08, 09, and iMovie 11. For this purpose, this article mainly guide you through how to convert Nikon D7100 MOV to AIC MOV for iMovie in details.

Transcode/Import NikoN D7100 H.264 MOV footages into iMovie for editing smoothly

The quick workaround is to use the easy-to-use yet professional app called Brorosft Video Converter for Mac which can be used as a Nikon MOV video Converter under OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8). It is free, clean and safe to install and use. With it, you can effortlessly transcode Nikon H.264 MOV to AIC MOV, ProRes, DNxHD for iMovie, Final Cut Pro (6/7/X), Avid etc editing with best results. And it works well and converts flawlessly. Below is how.

Step 1: Download, install the top Nikon video converter to your Mac, import the D7100 recordings to the program.



Step 2: Press "Format" option and navigate the mouse cursor to choose iMovie -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov).



Tip: The 1920*1080 as video size and 30fps for NTSC area while 25fps for PAL area as Frame Rate are the best settings for editing in iMovie (Click "Settings" button).



Step 3: Click convert button to convert Nikon D7100 mov footages to AIC for iMovie under Mac OS X with this best Nikon DSLR Video Converter.

After the conversion, click the "Open" button to locate converted files, now you can effortlessly import your Nikon D7100 video files to iMovie 08/09/11 for further editing.

Tips
1. If you want to edit Nikon D7100 in Final Cut Pro, you just need to choose the "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" in the second step.

2. Editing - By clicking “Edit” button, you can trim, crop the video, or add watermark and adjust effect to the videos which you will convert.



Trim – Choose to reserve the part you need. Just choose the chapter which you need to trim, to set “start time” or “end time”, type the portion which you want to save.

Crop – Remove black edges of your video or just get the scale of this video you want.

Effect – Adjust the effects by adjusting the parameters, such as:

1) Deinterlacing – If there are some stripes on the picture, you can check this option to make a better picture effect. (Checked by default)

2) If you want to get 3D effect, just enable this fuction and do settings: